Position Papers

COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IN THE VALLEY OF MEXICO Mario Molina Center May 2016 Last February, the Mario Molina Center published a position paper entitled “Improving air quality in the Valley of Mexico is urgent and represents an Continue reading »

IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IN THE VALLEY OF MEXICO IS URGENT AND REPRESENTS AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE FOR SOCIETY February 2016 The monumental challenge The mobility and air quality crisis in Mexico City’s Metropolitan Area (ZMVM) requires structural changes and implementation Continue reading »

Mexico City, December 17, 2015 The Paris Agreement is a decisive step in addressing climate change; still much remains to be done The Paris Agreement sets a turning point in the history of negotiations on climate change in several Continue reading »

Position paper Low Emission Zones, a proposal to improve air quality and mobility in the Megalopolis Low Emission Zones (or Ecozones, as they are called in Mexico) are public policies which seek to reverse high pollutant emissions from mobile sources Continue reading »

OPINION OF THE MARIO MOLINA CENTER CONCERNING THE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF SHALE GAS AND OIL IN MEXICO 2014 Technological development involving the combined use of hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling, has allowed extracting natural gas and oil from very low Continue reading »

National Energy Strategy: on path to a low-carbon economy Mario Molina The 2013-2027 National Energy Strategy (NES), which the Executive Branch recently introduced to Senate, will be an important element in defining Mexico’s long term energy and environmental future. Continue reading »

BIOFUELS IN MEXICO Diversifying energy supply and increasing the use of renewable energies is convenient for Mexico due to strategic, economic and environmental reasons. Biofuels may play a prominent role in this effort, but it’s imperative that their use Continue reading »

TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION MODEL FOR MEXICAN CITIES In Mexico, the vehicle transport sector uses close to a third of all the energy generated from fossil fuels, emits a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions and on average consumes 8% of Continue reading »

Climate Change “A very serious problem with solutions” The Mario Molina Center has the commitment to contribute in the task of analyzing, studying and informing the public on matters of the up most interest related to energy and the environment, Continue reading »